Security Affairs

MARCH 28, 2019

This campaign was carried out by threat actors impersonating an educational accreditation council to hit users in the United States. The attackers used decoy documents apparently coming from the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), a US association representing social work education.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2019

The STRONTIUM APT group (aka APT28 , Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , and Sednit ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election. ” continues Microsoft.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Educate employees. Many security programs focus on employee education (creating a strong password, being aware of phishing, etc.). In addition, make it easy to report security concerns (phishing, data leaks, social engineering , password compromise, etc.). Develop plans and playbooks. Codify procedures and processes.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 22, 2020

Expand the definition of a breach to include login credentials, meaning “a consumer’s user name or e-mail address, in combination with a password or an answer to a security question, that together permit access to an online account.” The law is enforceable by the Vermont Attorney General.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 3, 2022

If you’re facing a cyber security disaster, IT Governance is here to help. Our Cyber Incident Response service provides the help you need to deal with the threat, as our experts guide you through the recovery process. million).

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 25, 2022

For users familiar with password management and the value of complex passwords, this makes sense. Not every application or network requires military-grade encryption – however, enterprise organizations can’t go wrong with the services offering the most strength. The Importance of Encryption. The Move to HTTPS.

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KnowBe4

APRIL 18, 2023

However, once the user downloads and extracts the file, the Redline Stealer (aka RedStealer) malware is activated and is capable of stealing passwords and downloading further malware onto the user's device." PS: [Yours Truly at DarkReading] How Password Managers Can Get Hacked. What follows all too often one can readily imagine.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

– JDSupra (unknown) VNS Health Confirms Data Breach at TMG Health Resulted in Data of 103,775 Consumers Being Leaked | Console and Associates, P.C. – JDSupra (unknown) Hillsborough County Confirms MOVEit Data Breach Leaks Information of 70k+ | Console and Associates, P.C.

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KnowBe4

JULY 5, 2023

Use PasswordIQ to find which users are sharing passwords and which ones have weak passwords See the fully automated user provisioning and onboarding Find out how 60,000+ organizations have mobilized their end-users as their human firewall. Executive Reports - Create, tailor and deliver advanced executive-level reports NEW!

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2024

These controls include: Active Directory (AD): Manages users, groups, and passwords as a fundamental access control for an organization and the basis for most other security tools. Cybersecurity training : Educates employees regarding basic best practices to recognize attacks, avoid scams, and protect against breaches or data loss.

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The Security Ledger

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

. » Related Stories Spotlight Podcast: Flashpoint’s Allison Nixon on SIM Swapping and the Looming Online Identity Crisis Taking the Long View of Breach Fallout Analysis of 85K Remote Desktop Hacks Finds Education, Healthcare Top Targets. See also: Military documents about MQ-9 Reaper drone leaked on dark web.

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ForAllSecure

JULY 21, 2020

In the inaugural episode, The Hacker Mind looks at why the West Point Military Academy, and other organizations within the DoD, is training its young cadets to hack. Or maybe, just maybe back in 2014, West Point and other military service academies, are on to something really important. FRANK: Like a password policy problem.

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ForAllSecure

JULY 21, 2020

In the inaugural episode, The Hacker Mind looks at why the West Point Military Academy, and other organizations within the DoD, is training its young cadets to hack. Or maybe, just maybe back in 2014, West Point and other military service academies, are on to something really important. FRANK: Like a password policy problem.

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ForAllSecure

JULY 21, 2020

In the inaugural episode, The Hacker Mind looks at why the West Point Military Academy, and other organizations within the DoD, is training its young cadets to hack. Or maybe, just maybe back in 2014, West Point and other military service academies, are on to something really important. FRANK: Like a password policy problem.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 21, 2017

I was one of 68 million Dropbox users that received an email last year asking me to reset my password because they found out that in 2012 they had lost our User IDs and hashed passwords. In addition, they aren’t taking responsibility for failures in their solutions if they were to occur, such as User IDs and passwords being stolen.

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Data Matters

APRIL 23, 2018

In particular, in a blog article entitled, The NIST Cybersecurity Framework and the FTC , dated August 31, 2016, the FTC provided guidance suggesting that the NIST Cybersecurity Framework is consistent with the agency’s approach followed since the late 1990s in over 60 law enforcement actions and in business education guidance.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 23, 2024

Constella finds that the password most frequently used by the email address dfyz_bk@bk.ru was “ filecast ,” and that there are more than 90 email addresses associated with this password. Constella also returns for that email address a user by the name “Ivan” at memoraleak.com and 000webhost.com. PEACE HOSTING?

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KnowBe4

APRIL 4, 2023

The voices of third sector representatives (NGOs, foundations, and educational institutions) are considered by government officials when justifying policy positions and determining how resources and political capital are spent. Education about cybersecurity needs to start early," Karabin says. Erika has been a pleasure to work with.

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IT Governance

MARCH 1, 2022

Morrow, OD notifies patients of data security incident (unknown) Ukrainian websites struck by DDoS attacks as Russia launches invasion (unknown) Cookware distribution giant Meyer discloses data breach (unknown) CVS Pharmacy discloses security incident (6,221) Ethos Technologies targeted in ‘sophisticated’ cyber attack (13,300) South Shore Hospital (..)

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Cyber attacks. million) CO-based Mental Health Partners says an employee’s account was hacked (unknown) Sumitomo Forestry Co., Hitachi Chemical Co. Cyber attacks. million) CO-based Mental Health Partners says an employee’s account was hacked (unknown) Sumitomo Forestry Co., Hitachi Chemical Co. Data breaches.

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KnowBe4

MARCH 28, 2023

This data makes it clear that security awareness training designed to educate users on the need to be continually vigilant, regardless of the device, is critical to an organization remaining protected against attacks. DOS boot sector viruses, password guessing, USB autorun malware, misconfigurations, etc.),

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ForAllSecure

MAY 2, 2023

While I produced this episode, a 21 year old Massachusetts National Guard airman is alleged to have photographed and distributed copies of classified US Military material on Discord, a social media site. You had to figure out how to configure Kermit, get passwords to get on. Here’s Attorney General Merrick Garland.

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IT Governance

MARCH 11, 2024

According to a listing on a popular hacking forum, the database includes customers’ names, email addresses, hashed passwords, and more. Source (New) Finance USA Yes 3,494 Woodruff Sawyer Source (New) Insurance USA Yes 3,087 Blackburn College Source (New) Education USA Yes 3,039 CAIRE Inc. The claim is yet to be verified.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 12, 2022

So if you're interested in pursuing a career in cybersecurity, and you may not be looking at your conventional educational channels or avenues to pursue, we wanted to let you know that there may be some opportunities for you here to gain some world class training. We recruit military veterans, women, and minorities. It's amazing.

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Data Protection Report

MARCH 7, 2024

government, including the military and Intelligence Community.” government, including the military and Intelligence Community.” (at What types of data brokerage transactions are in-scope?

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KnowBe4

MARCH 7, 2023

They started out with: "As Putin began his invasion of Ukraine, a network used throughout Europe—and by the Ukrainian military—faced an unprecedented cyberattack that doubled as an industrywide wake-up call. One-Time Passwords (OTPs), passwords, or credit card numbers). What they refer to is the Viasat hack. government.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 23, 2024

The leaked information allegedly includes customers’ names, dates of birth, email addresses, passwords and phone numbers. Data breached: 10,870,524 lines. Publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks: full list This week, we’ve found 130,036,285 records known to be compromised, and 116 organisations suffering a newly disclosed incident.

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IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2020

Russian military accessed Chancellor Angela Merkel’s emails in 2015 hack (unknown). Online education site EduCBA discloses data breach after hack (unknown). Discord client hit by Trojan that grabs passwords and user tokens (unknown). Arbonne MLM data breach exposes users’ passwords (3,527).

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2024

User Data to the Cops First Ai-iD Kit toolkit built to empower and educate everyone about deepfakes How Cloudflare auto-mitigated world record 3.8 Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. WordPress LiteSpeed Cache plugin flaw could allow site takeover Apple iOS 18.0.1 and iPadOS 18.0.1

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Schneier on Security

MAY 6, 2022

It’s not real to the older military veterans, or to the even older politicians who confuse Facebook with TikTok and use the same password for everything. It provides and controls access to healthcare , space , the military, water , energy , education , and nuclear weaponry. The Internet is critical infrastructure.

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